NameGeorge Wesley Cress5
Birth17 Aug 1867, Lee Co., VA5,70,257
Death3 Feb 1932, Atchinson co., Kansas1
BurialWheatland Cem., Atchison co., Kansas1
FatherJames W. Cress (1811-1878)
MotherCelenase “Sela” Mink (1820-1903)
Spouses
Birth17 Aug 1874258,6
Death26 Dec 1908, Whiting, KS6
BurialWheatland Cem., Atchison co., Kansas1
FatherWilliam Tyree
MotherRhoda Henderson
Marriage8 Sep 1891, Skegg Creek, Rockcastle Co., KY5,1,258,6,194
ChildrenPearlie Ethel (1892-1972)
 George Pascal (1897-1934)
 Naomi Beulah (1900-)
 Ruby Opal (1903-1989)
 Glenn Hobart (1907-1945)
Notes for George Wesley Cress
SV-242 & 1880 census (SV-314) say he was born 1866
Edgar Cress says he was born in 1867 in Lee co. (SV-404 pg 11) 1870 census agrees. (SV-713)
1870 VA census: Living in Lee co. aged 3 with parents and 6 siblings and James Hutton. (SV-713)
1878 His father’s will left him $50. (SV-404 pg 66)
1880 VA census: Living in Lee co. with mother, sister, 3 brothers and 3 nephews. (SV-314)
He moved to Kansas and lived there the rest of his life (SV-152 pg 213)
1903-4 He moved his family to Kansas. (SV-404 pg 11)
1930 U.S. Census (Ancestry.com) for CRESS born in KY: Aged 62, living in Straight Creek, Jackson Co., KS with son, Pascal (22) and daughter, Ruby (26). (SV-1327.30)
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